Migrants and refugees' health financing in Morocco: How much is the hidden contribution of the government through free services?

Background: The health of migrants and refugees is a key component in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This paper aims to assess the scale of financing mobilized by the Moroccan government for migrants and refugees health, and addressing health issues related to these populations within the ongoing health reforms.

Methods: The primary objective of this study was to estimate the financial resources allocated by the government for migrants' and refugees' healthcare.

UHC in Morocco: a bottom-up estimation of public hospitals' financing size based on a costing database.

Background: Morocco is engaged in a health system reform aimed at generalizing health insurance across the whole population by 2025. This study aims to build a national database of costs at all levels of public hospitals in Morocco and craft this database as a resource for further use in a strategic purchasing system. It also aims at estimating the funding gap and the budget that should be secured for public hospitals in Morocco to fully play their roles in the current ambitious reform.

Examining multiple funding flows to public healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries - results from case studies in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Vietnam.

Provider payment methods are traditionally examined by appraising the incentive signals inherent in individual payment mechanisms. However, mixed payment arrangements, which result in multiple funding flows from purchasers to providers, could be better understood by applying a systems approach that assesses the combined effects of multiple payment streams on healthcare providers. Guided by the framework developed by Barasa et al.

Policy dialogue and participation: a new way of crafting a national health financing strategy in Morocco.

Background: Policy dialogue for health policies has started to gain importance in recent years, especially for complex issues such as health financing. Moroccan health financing has faced several challenges during the last years. This study aims to document the Moroccan experience in developing a consolidated health financing strategy according to the policy dialogue approach.

Learning for Universal Health Coverage.

The journey to universal health coverage (UHC) is full of challenges, which to a great extent are specific to each country. 'Learning for UHC' is a central component of countries' health system strengthening agendas. Our group has been engaged for a decade in facilitating collective learning for UHC through a range of modalities at global, regional and national levels.